2002 GTS Auto, weird shifting at start - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

bp34686 · 06-26-2005, 06:45 PM

My 2002 GTS "auto" won't even smoke the tires from a dead stop, is their some kind os traction control or rev limiter on these cars. Also it seems to rev hight before shifting gears.

mr00jimbo · 06-26-2005, 11:19 PM

It revs high because, it's a high revving car.

The more throttle you give, the later the computer waits to shift the gears. The reason it won't smoke 'em from a dead stop is that it has little torque, and with an automatic there's no clutch to drop.

bp34686 · 06-27-2005, 03:48 AM

So it only gets its torque when it starts reving? I am better off taking off slowly then flooring it.

NRM · 06-27-2005, 04:44 AM

Haha, there are a couple of things you need to learn about your car. If you learn to drive a manual for a while, you'd probably learn all these things.

Your car just doesn't have enough torque off the line to burn tires. My dad's Tacoma is an auto and on slightly moist pavement if I floor it, some tires will be spinning. If you had a manual, you could control the power from the engine to the transmission to the wheels. So you could rev high, drop the clutch, everything connects, and your tires will be spinning before friction with the pavement could be made.

The best thing for you to do if you're trying to be quick is put the left foot firmly on the brake, as hard as you can, add some gas and drop the brake. Some people do neutral drops which is terrible for your tranny, but your wheels will spin. Not very efficiently and your car will hate you, but some people do it. I totally do not reccomend it.

It's an automatic, treat it like an automatic. And yes, you will perform better from a roll rather than from a stop.

bp34686 · 06-27-2005, 05:22 AM

I guess no need to bring back to the dealer to make sure that there is nothing wrong with the transmission.
So I just got to accept that I have paid more for a GTS for the extra horsepower and I can't take anybody on from take off.
Are they made like this to improve the life of the powertrain?

bp34686 · 06-29-2005, 02:12 PM

Just got my car from the dealer, it was the mass air flow sensor.
Somethimes by unhooking the battery and taking the EFI fuse out, it fixes the problem for awhile if you can't afford $270.00.